About Imagining the Internet’s documentary IGF-USA site

The content on this site was compiled by independent documentary journalists from the Imagining the Internet Center at Elon University: http://www.imaginingtheinternet.org

It is not the official IGF-USA site. The official site is here:
http://www.igf-usa.us/

Internet Governance Forum – USA is a multistakeholder effort to illuminate issues and cultivate constructive discussions about the future of the Internet. It provides a local forum in the US to engage civil society, government, technologists and research scientists, industry and academia helping to create partnerships and coalitions that move dialogues forward and demonstrate best practices. IGF-USA events focus on the changing Internet and the way forward for the international Internet Governance Forum, an initiative that is facilitated by the United Nations.

The Imagining the Internet Center’s mission is to explore and provide insights into emerging network innovations, global development, dynamics, diffusion and governance. Its research holds a mirror to humanity’s use of communications technologies, informs policy development, exposes potential futures and provides a historic record. It works to illuminate issues in order to serve the greater good, making its work public, free and open. The center is a network of faculty, students, staff, alumni, advisers and friends working to identify, explore and engage with the challenges and opportunities of evolving communications forms and issues. They investigate the tangible and potential pros and cons of new-media channels through active research.